Printing device



May 1, 1923.

J. P. JACKSON I PRINTING DEVICE Filed April 17 NFN.

Patented May l, 1925.

JAMES I. JACKSON, OF CHICAGQ'ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ADDRESSOGRAPHCOMPANY,

0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

PRINTING DEVICE.

Application led April 17, 1922, Serial No. 553,481.

To all' whom 'it f/naqz/ concer/L Be it known `that il, Jarras P.JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in thecountyfof Cool; and State of Illinois, =have invented certain new anduseyful Improvements in 'Printing Devices, of

which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to printing devices andparticularly-to that typecomprising a metal frame carrying a metal address plate and adapted tolbe arranged in accordance with ra card index system and run through anaddressing machine for printing upon envelopes, lletterheads, pay rolls,etc.

The `objectof the invention is to provide a compact device otsimpleconstruction and convenient arrangement whereby a record maybeconveniently'kept in connection with the address on the :printing platefor ready reference.

In the z accompanying drawing illustrating the invention- Fig. 1 isazplan viewfof `the front of the device;

Fig. A2 yis a plan view'of the back ofthe printing device;

Fig. Sisa'bottom, edge view;

fFiig. t is a sectional view onthe line lof F ig. f1.

Referring -to the drawings 5 is a frame which is stamped `from a singlesheet of metal and is provided on its front with a bead G-,at its upperedge and with a bead 7 at its lower edge, andon itsfback with spacingaanges Y 8 8.

The vfront vof I.the :frame 4is vdivided vinto three -sections adaptedqto receive and hold a printing :plate .-9, lhaving an address or othermatterstamped in relief thereon, an address Card '10 bearing animpression `from the yprinting plate and a record card 1.1, 'theprinting :plate being located at the `bottom of rthe frame, the addresscardat the topvof the .frame and the recordcard between the printinggplate and the address card.

The bead 7 is preferably continuous, and spaced therefrom is adiscontinuous bead formed by the sections 12, 12, 12". The printing`device fis slida'ble endwise beneath the continuous -beadand thesectional bead and it is held in .place at its ends by 'the spring stops13-13 which arestan'iped `from the frame and project suiciently toengage the ends .of the plate.I Thus the plate can be inserted orremoved at either end of the printing plate section of the frame by devpressing one spring stop suiiiciently to permit insertion of the end ofthe plate beneath the beads, after which theplate is slid along untilits end engages the opposite spring stop, whereupon the 'iirst mentionedspring stop will resume its normal 'position to engage the other end ofthe plate. The plate is rigidly heldin place beneath the beads andbetween the spring stops so that it will not become disengaged inhandling orduring the printing'operation.

rlllhe card 10 is held in place beneath the bead'6, the lips 14 whichengage the bottom edge of the card, the lip 15 which engages one end ofthe card and the stop 16 which engages the other end of the card. Thecard is sufficiently flexible to slide over the s'top 16 when it isinserted beneath the bead 16 and the lip 14 adjacent stop 16 and whilethe card is being slid lengthwise into position between the lip 15 andthe stop 16, and also suiiicient to permit the card to be lifted clearof the stop 16 and slid lengthwise outof the frame. This card bears animpression of the characters on the printing plate and is used .toreadily identify the device and to 4facilitate arrangement'in accordancewith a card index system. The frame is also preferably providedbehindthe card I10 with means 17 for holdingiindex tabs as, set forth for examle, in U. S, Patent No. 1,026,253 patented ay 14, 1912.

The record card 11 is rremovably held in place cn'the frame by the lip18 which enengages the card at sits upper corner at the other endthereof, ythe corner lip 22 `located below the lip :21 to receive andengage a lower cornerof thecard and the spring stop 23 located betweenthe-lips 21 land 22 to engage the corner of the card. The spring stop 23is spaced from `the lip 20 a distance substantially equal to the lengthof the record card so A'that `the spring stop `will hold the record cardsnugly beneath and in engagement with the lip 20. rlhe `lips 21-and 22are spaced from the lip 2O at a somewhat greater distance than thelength ofthe card to permit fthe card to move lengthwise sufficientlybeneath the lips 21 and 22 :to clear the lip 20 after the spring stophas been disengaged from the end of the card, so that the card can belifted above the lip 2O and slid lengthwise to the right in Fig. l fromengagement with the frame. To insert the record card in the frame it isslipped into position beneath the lips 18 and i9 and sli'd lengthwiseover the spring stop 23 until it has cleared the lip 20 after vwhich itis slipped backward, to the right in Fig. l beneath lip 20 until the si'ing stop engages the adjacent end of the card.

My invention provides a simple and convenient means whereby apermanentreccrd may be maintained with respect to a person regardless ofchanges in address which re quire corresponding changes in the printingplate and address card. That is to say .an address device for aparticular customer will contain the printing plate, the address cardand the record card, the latter bearing commercial ratings or otherdesirable information; if the customer changes his address a new plateis supplied bearing the new address and a new address card is suppliedto correspond therewith but the record card may remain unchanged in thesame frame. This is of considerable importance because record memorandawith respect to a customer may be of a secret and confidential nature,it may represent a long series of dealings, and it may be data compliedfrom many different sources and of great value; for example, any creditrating. lf it were necessary to rewrite this card with every change ofaddress there would be involved the usual chance of error or mistakebesides the cost in time and labor involved. l have referred to datauseful in credit rating but data for other purposes may be just asimportant and valuable; for example a record of previous orders, arecord of complaints, a record of losses on insurance policies, etc. tis very common now to maintain cards in a card index system bearinguseful information regarding customers and transactions: in a great manylines of business and address printing devices have been used to aconsiderable extent in such systems but, so far as l am aware, withoutthe record card separate from and separately mounted from the printingplate and the address card in the frame for permanent preservation.Commercial use of my invention in the particular forni illustrated hasdemonstrated its value and importance in business not only in a savingofthe cost of maintenance but primarily, l believe. in the elimination ofthe chance for error and mistake'which would occur in rewriting therecord data.

l have shown and described the invention in the form which has beenfound to be desirable commercially for many reasons but it is possibleto change the form, construction and arrangement of details toaccommodate the inventiony to various conditions and requirements andtherefore I reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the following claims.

l claim:

l. A printing device comprising a frame, a card, devices on the frame toengage the card at the ends thereof and spaced from each other adistance greater than the length of the card to permit endwise movementof the card, and a stop arranged to engage one end of the card to holdit against endwise movement and beneath said devices.

2. t printing device comprising a frame, a card, lips struck from theframe and arranged to engage the card at the ends thereof, said lipsbeing spaced apart a greater distance than the length of the card topermit endwise movement of the card, and a spring stop to engage one endof the card and hold it against endwise movement beneath the lips.

3. A printing device comprising a frame, a card, lips struck from theframe to engage the ends of the card, said lips being spaced apart agreater distance than the length of the card to permit endwise movementof the card. and a lip at one end being larger than` the lip at theother end, and a stop adjacent tlie larger lip to engage the end of thecard and prevent endwise movement thereof.

4:. A printing device comprising a frame, a card, lips struck from theframe to engage the ends of the card, said lips being spaced apart agreater distance than the length of the card to permit endwise movementof the card, their ,being two lips at one end of the card and one lip atthe other end and the two lips being larger than the one lip, to permitendwise movement of the card, and a stop -between the two large lips toengage the adjacent end of the card and hold the card against endwisemovement.

5. A printing device comprising a frame, a card, lips on the frame toengage the upper and lower edges of the card, one of said lips engagingthe lower edge of the card adjacent one end thereof, a relatively smalllip on the frame engaging the end of the card at the corner thereofabove said last mentioned lip, a pair of relatively large lips on theframe to engage the other end of the card, one of said lips being acorner lip to engage both edges of the card at the lower corner thereof,said relatively largelips beingspaced from said relatively small lip a'distance greater than the length of the card, and a stop located betweenthe relatively large lips to hold the card against the relatively smalllip and prevent endwise movement of the card.

JAMES P. JACKSON.

